Mail Archives: cygwin/1999/11/02/17:18:12
This is interestign actually. When I first installed cygwin, i noticed
there was no vi. So i figured it would be my first test of the product,
so i grabbed the source code for vim that was used for one of our
solaris
boxes, untarred and made it. all worked fine, not a problem, except for
one strange thing - at the bottom of the screen it always says "OOPS".
Buggered if I know why.
Then i installed inetd and stuff, telnetted into the box and tried to
vi something - nothing happened. it was as if it froze. I hit control-c
and i got a prompt back, but was confused. then i discovered that the
environment was different for remote users, and was being pointed at
the vi that comes with the NT Resourrce Kit. Dodgy! :) Can only
work locally. Anyway, that's my two cents :)
Chris Faylor wrote:
>
> If you want to use a VIM that is cygwin-aware, e.g., able to
> be used over telnet, understands cygwin paths, etc. you'll
> need to either use the VI that comes with the Cygwin CD
> ( http://www.cygnus.com/cygwin ) or download something from
> one of the links pointed to on the cygwin sourceware home page
> ported software page ( http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin ).
> Michael Weiser's site should hold a version of vim.
>
> cgf
>
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